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June 2004 Pakistan Special Weapons News

  • Centcom chief Gen Abizaid begins Pakistan visit IRNA 29 Jun 2004 -- US Central Command Chief General John P Abizaid arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day official visit to Pakistan, military said.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN PEACE TALKS VOA 28 Jun 2004 -- India and Pakistan have agreed to hold a sustained dialogue to solve their long-standing dispute over Kashmir. The two countries will also reopen consulates in their largest cities, the latest sign that relations between the South Asian rivals are improving.
  • INDIA/PAK TALKS VOA 27 Jun 2004 -- Indian and Pakistan officials have opened talks in New Delhi aimed at tackling their dispute over Kashmir and easing five decades of hostility between them.
  • PAKISTAN/JAMALI VOA 26 Jun 2004 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has resigned from office.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN NUCLEAR VOA 20 Jun 2004 -- India and Pakistan have agreed to establish a telephone hotline for nuclear issues and have pledged not to conduct further nuclear tests. The agreements are the fruit of two days of talks held in the Indian capital on confidence-building measures between the rivals.
  • Pakistan to strengthen intelligence agencies network, says PM IRNA 19 Jun 2004 -- Dubbing recent wave of killings as terror acts, Pakistan on Saturday decided to strengthen its network of intelligence agencies to effectively combat the menace.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN NUCLEAR TALKS VOA 19 Jun 2004 -- Indian and Pakistani officials have opened talks in New Delhi on ways to reduce the risk of nuclear war between the two countries. Tthe talks aim to build confidence between the two governments.
  • PAKISTAN/AL-QAIDA VOA 18 Jun 2004 -- Security forces in Pakistan have killed a rebel tribal leader in an operation against al-Qaida-linked terror suspects in a remote mountainous region. Pakistani officials say that nearly 70 suspected terrorists have been killed in the area in less than two weeks.
  • INDIA/PAKISTAN/NUCLEAR TALKS/PREVIEW VOA 18 Jun 2004 -- An eight-member Pakistani delegation has arrived in India to hold talks on nuclear issues. The talks will focus on reducing the chances of a nuclear conflict between the two countries.
  • Pak planes pound `al-Qaeda` hide out IRNA 17 Jun 2004 -- Pakistani fighter planes pounded a suspected al-Qaeda hide out in the country`s tribal area on Thursday in a fresh offensive amid reports of clashes between `foreign` militants and Pakistani troops, a military spokesman and local correspondents said.
  • PAKISTAN OFFENSIVE VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- Security forces in Pakistan have launched a fresh offensive against al Qaida linked militants in a mountainous region on the border with Afghanistan. Clashes between Pakistani troops and alleged terrorists erupted earlier this month and have killed more than 50 militants and 18 government soldiers so far.
  • PAKISTAN/US ALLIANCE VOA 17 Jun 2004 -- Pakistan has welcomed President Bush's decision to name the nation a major non-NATO ally of the United States. Top government officials say the move is an acknowledgment of Pakistan's "positive role" in the U.S.-led war on terror.
  • Two militants, one soldier killed in Pak tribal clash IRNA 16 Jun 2004 -- At least two militants and one soldier died in a clash between Pakistani paramilitary forces and armed suspects early Wednesday in the country`s tribal region, close to the Afghan border.
  • Pakistan Arrests Al-Qaeda Suspects With Links to Uzbek Militants RFE/RL 14 Jun 2004 -- Pakistan says it has arrested a leading Al-Qaeda member along with at least eight foreign militants -- including some from Central Asia. Their previously unknown extremist group is being linked to Uzbek militants near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
  • Key Al-Qaeda suspect among 10 arrested: Pak official IRNA 14 Jun 2004 -- Pakistani law enforcement agencies have arrested a key Al-Qaeda suspect and nine others blamed for last week`s assassination attempt on a senior military commander, the interior and information ministers said Sunday.
  • Pakistan Arrests Al-Qaeda Suspects With Links to Uzbek Militants RFE/RL 14 Jun 2004 -- Authorities in Islamabad say they have arrested the nephew of a top former Al-Qaeda planner along with eight other Islamic militants suspected of carrying out recent attacks across southern Pakistan.
  • PAKISTAN/AL-QAIDA ARRESTS VOA 13 Jun 2004 -- Authorities in Pakistan say that they have arrested ten suspected foreign militants of the al-Qaida terror network, including a key member of the group with a one-million dollar bounty on his head.
  • Foreign militants cordoned in Pak tribal region: Army IRNA 12 Jun 2004 -- Pakistan security forces have cordoned three "targets" in the country`s semi-autonomous tribal areas where cross-firing with over 50 foreign militants continued on Friday, military spokesman Major Gen Shaukat Sultan said.
  • PAKISTAN/AFGHAN BORDER VOA 12 Jun 2004 -- Pakistan's air and ground forces intensified an offensive against suspected al-Qaida hideouts in a mountainous region near the border with Afghanistan. At least 61 people, including 18 government soldiers, have died as the fighting enters its fourth day.
  • PAKISTAN/AFGHAN BORDER VOA 11 jun 2004 -- In Pakistan, thousands of troops, supported by helicopter gunships are attacking suspected hideouts of the al-Qaida terror network in a semi-autonomous tribal region near the Afghan border. Nearly 60 people have died in the three-day offensive, including 15 government soldiers.
  • Pak Islamic groups reject use of force in tribal area IRNA 11 Jun 2004 -- Pakistani Islamic groups on Friday condemned the military operation in the country`s tribal region along the border with Afghanistan and called for its immediate halt.
  • Tribal operation to continue: Pak minister IRNA 11 Jun 2004 -- Security forces in Pakistan launched a major operation in the tribal region on Friday to eliminate "terrorists and extremists," Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat told the National Assembly.
  • PAK / AFGHAN BORDER FIGHTING VOA 11 Jun 2004 -- Military officials in Pakistan say thousands of troops are engaged in heavy fighting with suspected foreign militants for a third day in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
  • Seven soldiers among 10 killed in Karachi army convoy attack IRNA 10 Jun 2004 -- At least seven soldiers and two policemen were killed early Thursday morning in an attack on a convoy carrying local army commander in Pakistan`s violence-stricken port city of Karachi, a military spokesman said.
  • PAKISTAN/KARACHI ATTACK VOA 10 Jun 2004 -- In Pakistan, the army commander in the troubled city of Karachi has escaped an assassination attempt. The attack has left at least 10 people dead, mostly soldiers.
  • Bill to punish nuclear proliferation moved in Pak assembly IRNA 08 Jun 2004 -- In a significant development, the Pakistan government has moved a bill in the national assembly designed to punish nuclear proliferation.
  • Pakistan buys 13 Russian choppers IRNA 07 Jun 2004 -- Pakistan has purchased 13 new MI-17 helicopters from Russia, including 12 for the army at the cost of US dollar 50.7 million.
  • Japan criticizes Pakistan`s ballistic missile test IRNA 04 Jun 2004 -- Japan has expressed its "deep regret" over Pakistan`s testing of a ballistic missile.
  • Pakistan army hints new operation in tribal region IRNA 04 Jun 2004 -- Hinting a new military operation against foreign al-Qaeda suspects in a tribal region, Pakistan military said Thursday that security forces with fresh reinforcement have completed their development and established a number of additional check posts.
  • PAKISTAN VIOLENCE VOA 01 Jun 2004 -- In Pakistan, angry Shi'ite Muslims have clashed with police during funerals of 19 people killed in an apparent suicide bombing of a mosque Monday in Karachi.



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